shout of victory, triumph or exultation) which means "one will be blessed eternally who says that God is the ultimate truth".
[2] Besides being a popular mode of expressing ebullient religious fervour or a mood of joy and celebration, it is an integral part of Sikh liturgy and is shouted at the end of ardas, Sikh prayer and said in sangat (congregation).
The jaikara expresses the Sikh belief that all victory belongs to God, Waheguru, a belief that is also expressed in the Sikh salutation "Waheguru ji ka Khalsa, Waheguru ji ki Fateh" ("The Khalsa belongs to God, and to God belongs the victory" or "Hail the Guru’s Khalsa!
In a normal situation, when two Sikhs meet they exchange greetings by saying "Sat Sri Akal".
While sat or sati (Sanskrit satya) means ‘true’, ‘good’, ‘abiding’, ‘real’ and ‘eternal’, sri is an honorific denoting beauty, glory, grace or majesty.